Wal-Mart has denied a report released Friday wherein it was alleged that the world's largest retailer had pressured employees to vote against Democrats in November because of worries that a bill the party supports would make it easier for workers to unionize. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, workers said they were told that unionization would mean job losses as costs rise. The report said the Wal-Mart human resource managers who held the meetings didn't specifically tell the employees how to vote, but made it clear that a Obama victory would mean unionization.
See "Wal-Mart: No pressure on employee voters", Associated Press, CNN Money, July 31, 2008